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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 01:23 AM Original message |
19 year old millionaire: Self-made man, or beneficiary? |
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amitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. 90% of successful people stood on the shoulders of someone |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. Bill Gates is another example. His father was a wealthy lawyer |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 01:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yes, and Gates himself seems decent enough... |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 02:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Depends on how you define "decent". Microsoft tried to screw WA |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 02:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Actually, as I understand it, Steve Wozniak of Apple Computer fame did |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 01:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The worst of the lot |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 01:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I don't get the fascination with him AT ALL |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 02:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. So that's how he rebounded. I wondered about that. |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 01:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Additionally, if Bill Gates had failed, he would have had family to help |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 02:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. You're right. I don't resent people who have opportunities, |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. Like somebody said earlier in the 'underappreciated Americans' thread: |
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anewdeal (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
8. it happens |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 02:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Problem is that only applies to about .5% of poor people... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 02:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Welcome to DU, anewdeal! I never heard that about Larry Ellison. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. If being successful is being a millionaire then by far most Americans |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 05:07 AM Response to Original message |
16. Kick, dammit. |
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